Marking-machine.



Patented May 27, |902.

R. N. MUDY.

MARKING MACHINE.

(Application filed June 4, 1901.)

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MARKING MACHINE.

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RUFUS NORTON MOODY,V OF ABERDEEN, WASHINGTON.

MARKlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 701,071, dated May 27, 1902.

Application filed Tune 4,1901.

To a/ZZ whom, it' 1n/ty concern:

Beit known that I, RUEUs NORTON MOODY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Aberdeen, in the county of Chehalis and State of Washington, have invented a new and Improved liilarltinU-Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a machine for marking fabrics and other thin material. It is especially useful as a device for marking linen and such apparel as is known as laundry goods.

The machine comprises one or more typewheels, which may be set to any combination desired, and certain devices for inking the type and impressing the characters on the article to bemarked.

This specification is a specific description of one form of the invention, while the claims are definitions of the actual scope thereof.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indi cate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. l, and Fig. e is a section on the line 4E 4 of Fig. l.

The framing of the machine comprises a base a, from the rear edge of which rises a vertical wall a. Over the base a shelf a2 is arranged and supported jointlyby the wall a' and by standards as, rising from the base d.

l) indicates the type Wheels or forms, which are here shown to be three in number. These wheels are mounted on a shaft b', preferably tubular, and provide-d with a iixed collar b2 at oneI side of the type-wheels. At the other side of the type-Wheels a loose collar b3 is arranged,and this collar is adapted to be pressed against the type-wheels, so as to clamp them rigidly in position, by a cam mounted on the front end of the shaft This cam b is secured in place by a pin b5, which is removable, so that the collarb3 and type-wheels l) may be placed in position. B y throwing the cam into the position shown in Fig. 3 the collar b3 will be clamped firmly against the typewheels and the type-wheels will be rendered rigid on the shaft l1. By throwing the cam h4 from left to right (see Fig. 3) the pressure of Serial No. 63,083. (No model.)

the collar on the type-wheels will be relieved and the type-wheels may be adjusted to place any combination of type opposite the impression-point, as will be fully described hereinafter. The shaft b' is mounted loosely in a bearing d4 on the wall a' and has a collar b attached to its rear end to hold it from axial movement. The shaft is free to turn in the bearing to adjust the type-wheels to inking and printing position.

Mounted to slide horizontally in bearings c, carried by the wall a', is a bar c, which drives the printing-Wheels. This bar is provided with a strap c2, which is turned around the shaft U, so that as the bar c reciprocates the shaft b will be given a rocking movement. A spring cactuates the bar c to throw it rightward in Fig. 1. A stub-shaft d is mounted fixedly in the wall d and carries looselya sleeve d', on which are fastened cams d2, cl3, and di. The cam d2 bears against the bar c, and by the rotary movement of the sleeve d in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1 the bar c is reciprocated, thus imparting the before-mentioned rocking movement to the shaft b. The sleeve d may be fitted with a hand-crank d5 to facilitate the revolution of the sleeve and the cams attached thereto.

e represents the inking-pad, which may be ot' any form desired. This pad is carried on a bar e', held to reciprocate in bearings e2, attached to the wall a. Aspring e3 presses the bar c' toward the sleeve CZ, and the right-hand end of this bar is so disposed as to bear upon the cam d3. By the` movementof this cam with the sleeve d' in the manner before described the inking-pad e is reciprocated toward and from the type-wheels, so as to apply the ink to the characters thereon.

f represents a platen-block which is used to move the fabric into contact with the type of the wheels b. In Fig. 1 the fabric is indicated by the letter g. This platen-block f is mounted to reciprocate vertically in the shelf d2 and is supported on a lever f', fulcrumed on a post a5, arranged between the base a and shelf d2. A spring f2 is arranged in connection with the lever f and platen-block f so as to throw the platen-block down from the position shown in Fig. l. The right-hand end of the lever f carries a spring f3 at its upper side, and this spring is engaged by a pin IOO f4, mounted in the shelf a? and in a bearing a5, supported by the wall d. The pin f4 is `disposed vertically and is located just under the cam d4, so as to be actuated thereby. As the cam d* turn-s against the piu f4 it throws up the block f against the tension of the spring f2. For properly disposing the fabric and stretching it taut over the platen-block fI provide two spring-fingers f6, which are fastened to the wall a and project horizontally and forwardly under the type-Wheels b and at opposite sidesof the platen-block,bntin immediate proximity thereto. These springfingers coact with the platen-block, as indicated in Fig. 1.

In the operation of the machine, assuming that a person desires to mark lines with a certain combination of initials, the wheels b should previously be set to place the desired letters in transverse aliuemeut at a certain point on the peripheries of the wheels. Obviously any number of type-Wheels may be provided, and these type-wheels may be arranged With characters of any sort. The type-wheels having been properly adjusted, the linen to be marked is placed on the platenblockfand the sleeve d' is turned. The ac tion of the bar c will move the type which it is desired to impress from the inking-pad e to the platen-blockfand back from the platenblock to the inking-pad, so that the type are rst inked and then moved to the impression-point. After the first impression the type are moved back to the inking-pad, and so on through the operation of the apparatus. The rotation of the cam d3 reciprocates the inking-pad, and the relation of the cam d3 to the cam d2 is such that the inking-pad is moved forward the instant that the type which are operating are returned to the inking-pad. 'As the type have been inked and turned backto the printing-point the cam d4 acts to throw down the pin f4 and move the platenfup, thus impressing the fabric against the type. It should be understood that all of the cams are set so as to bring about these f operations in proper sequence.

Various changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of my invention may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I consider myself entitled to all such variations as may lie within the scope of my claims.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- l. In a marking-machine, the combination of a shaft, a type-wheel loosely arranged thereon, a cam carried by the shaft and serving to fasten the wheel to the shaft, means y for driving the shaft around its axis, and inking and impression devices working with the Wheel.

2. In a marking-machine, the combination with a frame, of a shaft mounted therein to turn around its aXis, a type-wheel arranged loosely thereon, a cam mounted on the shaft and serving to fasten the type-wheel to the shaft, means for driving the shaft, and animpression device working with the type-wheel.

3. A marking-machine having a frame, a rocking type-form mounted thereon, a reciprocal bar having connection with the typeform to drive it, an inking device mounted to reciprocate toward and from the type-form, a platen also mounted to reciprocate toward and from the type-form, a revoluble drive member, and three cams carried thereon, the cams respectively actuating the reciprocal bar, the inking device, and the platen.

4. A marking-machine, having a frame, a rocking type-form,meansforimparting movement to the type-form, an inking device, an impression device, a drive-shaft, and three cams on the drive-shaft, said cams respectively operating the means for imparting movement to the type-form, the inking device, and the impression device.

' 5. The combination with a frame, of a shaft arranged to turn therein, a type-form on the shaft, a reciprocal bar connected with the shaft to turn it, a spring actuating the bar in one direction, an inking device movable toward and from the type-form, a spring actuating the inking device in one direction, an impression device, a spring actuating the impression device in one direction, and cams for actuating contrary to their springs, the bar, the inking device and the impression de- Vice.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

RUFUS NORTON MOODY.

XVitnesses:

ROBERT PATTERsoN, PHIL. S. LocKE.

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